About the Author

Craig Shirley is the bestselling author of, Reagan’s Revolution: The Untold Story of the Campaign
That Started It All. The book, which analyzes Ronald Reagan’s pivotal 1976 presidential campaign, was released by Nelson Current
Publishing in January 2005. Favorable reviews of the book appeared in such publications as The
New York Times, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Republic, and The Weekly
Standard among
dozens of others. Reagan’s Revolution also scored a spot on The Washington Post’s bestsellers list.

Craig is also President and CEO of Shirley & Banister Public Affairs,
the public relations, marketing, and government affairs firm he originally founded in 1984. The firm has become
internationally recognized over the years among public opinion leaders and the national media with clients such as
the Allied Pilots Association, Crown Publishing, Northpoint Technology, Simon and Schuster Publishing, Westinghouse,
the Orphan Foundation of America, Freedom Alliance, Center for Individual Freedom, defense contractors, utility companies,
and a host of other corporate, trade and issue concerns.

Shirley has been professionally involved in American politics and government for almost three decades. He has
worked in government and on campaigns at the congressional, gubernatorial, and presidential levels. A graduate
of Springfield College, Craig Shirley’s fields of specialization include strategic public relations, crisis management,
marketing, and government affairs, as well as political consulting and government affairs. He was honored as
the school’s “Outstanding Alumnus of 2005.”

In 1987, Craig Shirley and David Keene formed Keene, Shirley & Associates, Inc. During the five year association,
he tripled the billings for Keene, Shirley & Associates, ran a major advertising and public relations campaign
supporting President Bush and Operation Desert Storm, successfully represented the Embassy of the State of Kuwait,
and was placed in charge of public relations for an international conference on democracy hosted in Prague by President
Vaclav Havel of then Czechoslovakia. In 1992, Craig re-opened Craig Shirley & Associates. In addition
to working with a host of political, corporate, and trade concerns, he served as an informal advisor to the 1996
campaign of Republican Presidential nominee Sen. Bob Dole. In 2000, the firm provided in-kind support to the
presidential campaign of then Governor George W. Bush as well as the Florida recount. In that same year, Craig
Shirley & Associates became Shirley & Banister Public Affairs with the promotion of Diana Banister from
vice president to partner.

Craig’s past efforts include the Fund for America’s Future, the political action committee of Vice President George
Bush. He worked closely with the future President George W. Bush, organizing conservative support for his father’s
1988 presidential bid.

During the 1984 campaign, he was the Director of Communications for the National Conservative Political Action Committee,
America’s largest independent political committee, which spent over $14 million on behalf of President Reagan’s re-election.

As Communications Advisor to the Republican National Committee in 1982, Craig traveled across the country advising
dozens of campaigns and state committees on public relations, political advertising, and campaign strategy.

In 198l, Shirley served as an account executive with a major New York advertising firm. There he managed and
supervised agency programs for the New York Racing Association and other high profile clients.

In 1980, he directed the Fund for a Conservative Majority’s $750,000 independent expenditure campaign in support
of Ronald Reagan’s 1980 presidential campaign. In 1978, Shirley served as press secretary to U.S. Senator
Gordon Humphrey on his upset win in New Hampshire and came with the Senator to Washington, D.C. to serve on his Capitol
Hill staff.

Craig Shirley is a frequently sought-after commentator and speaker by the national media on politics, ideology, and
Washington and has appeared on national television including C-SPAN, CNBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, NBC, FOX News Channel
and others. Shirley also lectures at various seminars and has contributed articles to numerous publications
including The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Times, USA Weekend, Campaigns
and Elections, The Weekly Standard, Conservative Digest, and Insight Magazine. He currently holds membership on the boards of the
American Conservative Union, Board of Governors of the Reagan Ranch, Campaigns & Elections Magazine, the United
Seniors Association, the Northern Virginia Youth Lacrosse League, and the Fort Hunt Youth Athletic Association. He
has also edited two books, the first, by Vic Kamber and Brad O’Leary, entitled Are You a Conservative
or a Liberal? and Coaching Youth Lacrosse, published by the Lacrosse Foundation.

Craig Shirley resides in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife, Zorine, and their four children. He and his family
enjoy sailing and other aquatic activities at their river home, familiarly known as “Trickle Down Point,” in Lancaster,
Virginia.